Kynance Rocks 2

Simon Camm in his delightful and informative little book The Geology and Landscape of Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly (published by Alison Hodge, Penzance, 2016 reprint, ISBN 9 780906 720837) tells us that the Lizard in Cornwall “is a very special area of geological interest, as it comprises rocks rare in the British Isles, and unique in England…. The rocks of the Lizard contain a suite from the earth’s mantle to the crust, formed in the mid-ocean ridges, which are splitting apart”. The serpentinite rocks shown in this post from Kynance Cove are the lowest layer of “ultramafic rocks which form the earth’s mantle of peridotites”.